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Definitions for: Domesticate
[v] make (animals) fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans; "The horse was domesticated a long time ago"; "The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog"
[v] overcome the wildness of (an animal); make docile and tractable; "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons"
[v] adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment; "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil"
Webster (1913) Definition: Do*mes"ti*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Domesticated; p. pr. & vb. n. Domesticating.] [LL.
domesticatus, p. p. of domesticare to reside in, to tame. See
Domestic, a.]
1. To make domestic; to habituate to home life; as, to
domesticate one's self.
2. To cause to be, as it were, of one's family or country;
as, to domesticate a foreign custom or word.
3. To tame or reclaim from a wild state; as, to domesticate
wild animals; to domesticate a plant.
Synonyms: cultivate, naturalise, naturalize, tame
See Also: accommodate, adapt, alter, break, break in, change
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